Author name: donnashreve

by Donna Swagerty Shreve In March of 1977 I started my maternity leave with what I thought was going to […]

by Donna Swagerty Shreve Lodi Unified School District in 1976 has been unified for about ten years. Many small independent

by Donna Swagerty Shreve John and I had a big decision to make at the end of his four year

by Donna Swagerty Shreve The year was 1969 and I had survived my first year of teaching. John, my husband,

By Donna Swagerty Shreve My first teaching job took place in a small town of 3,000 in Connecticut. I arrived

by Donna Swagerty Shreve As a new teacher living in a small town in Connecticut, I had already survived two

by Donna Swagerty Shreve We are all aware of a child’s anticipation for Christmas, but little is mentioned about the

by Donna Swagerty Shreve I was having a rare conversation with my eleven year old grandson Michael. The topic of

by Donna Swagerty Shreve Returning from a simple trip to the grocery store, the handyman in our complex saw me

by Donna Swagerty Shreve My oldest son was a senior in high school. He could not drive as he didn’t